“She…” Helian tightens his arms around Zhi Wei, “lovingly” caresses her hair and says suggestively “She…”
A bit unnerved by Helian’s suggestive stare, Zhi Wei’s body is soon covered with goosebumps. This guy…he didn’t really guess it, has he? Is he that smart?
“She…” Helian is still dragging his answer out as everyone stared at him expectantly until even the seemingly disinterested Ning Yi begins to frown.
Unable to take it anymore, Zhi Wei secretly pinched Helian hard.
Promptly turning serious, Helian answers “Yes.”
“Oh….” Princess Shao Ning says with disappointment.
“As you guys know,” Helian continues to pat Zhi Wei’s head while she continues her pinching. With eyes bright and even a hint of shyness, Helian explains “Last time I went over to Qiu manor to ask for her hand and was chased out…um…in actuality, it was because of this…”
“OH…” Everyone replies in unison this time.
The whole capital knows that Prince Helian was chased out of Qiu Manor and there were many versions of what happened. Among the many versions, one of them was that Miss Feng had gone crazy but no one believed it…until now. Judging by the situation in front of them, Miss Feng really suffers from insanity! No wonder Prince Helian was too embarrassed to say anything.
“Your Highness is really devoted to Miss Feng.” Fifth Princess laughs awkwardly “Devoted…”
Smiling proudly, Helian replies “Of course, the men on the grassland like their women special.”
Standing across from Helian, Ning Yi who has stayed silent the whole time suddenly smiles “Your Highness’ taste is indeed particular, I applaud you.”
Why do those words sound a bit strange? Still keeping up with her pretense, Zhi Wei continues to wave her shovel around and tries to shakes off Helian’s hand on her but he just stubbornly tightens his hold on her waist and whispers by her ear “Stop pretending, aren’t you tired?”
So he knows! Zhi Wei thought with shock.
Taking a look at Zhi Wei then secretly casting a glance towards Ning Yi who seems unconcerned but actually has been observing them the whole time, Helian suppresses the slight displeasure inside him and makes sure to place his hands on Zhi Wei’s waist in such a position that Ning Yi could see clearly. Grabbing the shovel from Zhi Wei’s hand, Helian tosses it away offhandedly. “Clink!” the shovel lands right by Ning Yi’s foot, missing it just by a few inches.
Not moving at all, Ning Yi doesn’t look at the shovel nor does he bother to look at Helian. Not look at Ning Yi either, seemingly as if where the shovel landed was a complete accident, Helian says with a frank smile as he turns to Princess Ning Shao and Fifth Prince “My woman is not feeling well, so I am going to go find a palace physician.” Not waiting for an answer, Helian grabs Zhi Wei and walks off with her.
Watching Helian marched off with Zhi Wei, Fifth Prince and Princess Shao Ning look at each other blankly until Fifth Prince finally says after a long moment “Where is this anyway, I have never been here.”
Too disappointed to say anything, Princess Shao Ning stays silent but Ning Yi laughingly replies “Never been here but you were able to find it with such speed, Fifth Brother is certainly concerned about me.”
A bit embarrassed, Fifth Prince decides to change the subject, “Who would’ve thought that girl from Qiu family is not only ugly but also crazy as well. Guess only the wild grassland men would be interested in her.”
Fifth Prince is usually the quiet type so he was only trying to cover up his own embarrassment with small talks but who would have thought Ning Yi’s expression turned even colder upon hearing his words and walks off immediately after saying “There are lots of vision impaired people in this world!”
Princess Shao Ning and Fifth Prine exchange a disappointed glance.
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Carried all the way out by Helian, Zhi Wei pinches him hard “Let me down, let me down.”
“Why, you are not pretending anymore.” Finally letting Zhi Wei down once they came to an empty hallway, Helian leans against a column and taunts gleefully “Come on, come hit me.”
His expression was one of laughter but there was no amusement in his eyes.
Calmly fixing her clothes, Zhi Wei sits down on the railing “How did you discover it?”
“You ate the fruit of Huichun?” Sitting down by Zhi Wei, Helian continues “Did you forget that back where I am from, I would’ve seen those kinds of plants. Who would’ve thought one lone plant would survive in the abandoned corner of Da Cheng palace. This stuff is named Huichun (back to life) but in reality, it just pumps up the circulation of blood for a short time. Usually, it is given to those who are dying but still has something left to say or do. If normal people take it then it only messes up their body with no benefit at all.”
Helian then adds slowly “Not good for pretending to be crazy.”
Zhi Wei smiles then stretch lazily “It certainly is difficult to pretend to be insane, very exhausting.”
“Even if you didn’t recognize the fruit of Huichun,” Helian stares at Zhi Wei closely “I am certain you would not go mad suddenly.”
“Oh?”
“How would someone like you go insane?” Twitching his mouth to the side, Helian retorts “Even if the whole world goes insane, you would not.”
Laughing out loud, Zhi Wei pats him on the head “Child, thanks for your help today.” (Remember Helian lost their bet so he technically has to call her aunt?)
“I only did what a man should do.” Grabbing Zhi Wei’s hand, Helian tries to rub his face against it, “Except Ning Yi that jerk, he is not a man!”
“Oh?” Zhi Wei says with amusement as her finger lightly flicks Helian’s eyelid making his eye twitch rapidly so he could only let go of her hand.
“He was the one who had you take the fruit right? Didn’t he know this sort of fruit harms the body? He told you to pretend to be crazy as well right? So now, he got off scot-free, but what about you? Aren’t your people super concerned about a woman’s reputation?”
“If you knew we are most concerned about a woman’s reputation then why did you confirm that I suffer from madness just now?” Instead of answering, Zhi Wei asks.
“Because you needed me to.” Helian’s answer was short and simple.
Her heart shaken for one beat, Zhi Wei quickly puts on a smiling face “We also have a saying, between two bad outcomes one should choose the least harmful. In this world, it is impossible to have a perfect ending to everything.”
Zhi Wei silently calms down the chaotic energy inside her. The Huichun fruit had indeed caused havoc but the burst of energy Ning Yi sent into her body not only quickly took care of the damage but actually provided lots of benefits to her.
No matter what, in this case, Ning Yi did everything he could. If she was in his place, she would’ve done the same thing.
Letting emotions make one indecisive is useless when it comes to critical situations like this.
Ning Yi is such a person, so is she.
“You are just taking his side.” Still huffy, Helian stands up and accuses “Something is fishy!”
Speechless, Zhi Wei could only change the subject “My skirt got dirty, what to do?”
“You will have to go back to the Princess’ place.” Helian replies “The maid had already cleaned off your other skirt and dried it so you can just switch back to your original outfit. By dinner time, we can show up together.”
Twitching his eyebrows happily “As a perfect couple!”
Zhi Wei had already turned around but almost stumbled after hearing Helian’s last word.
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Had been waiting for the release! Thank you very much! One question, in the novel does Ning Yi and Zhi Wei have special powers to transfer ones energy to the other? Or it’s normal for anybody to do this?
I don’t think they transferred energy from one to another. He gave her a fruit or something he found didn’t he?
And thanks Ninja! I have also been reading your ninja chatter and drama roundup posts which are SUPER USEFUL. I’m always stuck on which drama to watch next and there are soooo many of them it’s easy to miss out on the good good :))
In post 17, Ning Yi grabbed the fruit. Zhi Wei immediately ate it; which in turn causes a reaction. Ning Yi checks her pulse and sends her a burst of energy.
Ditto on Sarah’s reply to you. Ning Yi was visibly moved by Zhi Wei’s trust in him (eating the fruit with hesitation). Our hero in return proves that he wasn’t so inconsiderate of her welfare by the fact that he sent her a burst of his own energy to make sure she not only wouldn’t suffer from the ill effects of the fruit but actually benefits from it.
So this was something the drama left out completely. This world is the same world as Legend of Fuyao (which has immortals and all that). While our characters in Phoenixes are not immortals so no flying around on swords and such but those who know how to fight (which includes most of the leads) would be able to do the transfer energy thing.
Thank you! I just started watching Fuyao on YouTube and saw a scene (epi 4?) where the hero gives his energy to a frozen Fuyao through her wrist, and understood what had happened with NY and FZ.
Looking forward to next Monday!
Ah! The thirst is great yet the rain’s but a drizzle…how is a travler to satisfy the barren heart that traversed many a day for the merest glimpse?
Oh, the yearning!!! Is it terrible to admit that I laughed out loud when I read your comment?
Nope! Not at all since humor was intended as aspired for 😁❤
Thanks for the translation. Helian’s character is such a noble one. It’s a difficult balance to have a character who is noble without being too self sacrificing. I would like to see if the novel’s Helian is more balanced than the series.
Been remiss in sending my thanks the last few posts! This one made me laugh…Helian is great. His concern for Zhi Wei is so sincere. Favorite part was that final comment, “As a perfect couple”, I can just see the smirk on his face.
Ning Yi’s reaction to Helian was great too!
Thanks again for a great post!
Hi Ninja, thanks for the fantastic translation. Is this the first time in which Helian thinks there is something going on between ZW and NY? Or did he have suspicions earlier on in the book? Is Helian now enemies with NY?
Hmm…there is no definite “Ah! Something is fishy!” moments before this one but Helian could sense that something is different between Ning Yi and Zhi Wei. Ning Yi and Helian obviously don’t like each other but they will never be enemies when they both have the same goal: make sure Zhi Wei is safe and happy.
Wow, love this week translation. Helian you got to love him. His character is really funny at times. The drama and the novel seem to use his character as intrusive to save ZW when she needed it. He was her savior to leave the capital in the drama. It looks like Ning Yi and he did not have a great relationship. I think Ning Yi saw him as his rival for ZW. Also, ZW in the drama did not have any love feelings for Helian but she cared for him I believed. In the novel, it seems his character is more dramatic.
Both Helian and Gu Nan Yi are VERY important characters in the novel. Helian is such a great and perfect character in the novel that I was very surprised how they changed him in the drama which is why I am actually looking forward to telling his portion of the story. (I will just warn you all up front that Helian will still die in the novel BUT his death was so much more meaningful in the novel than the silly way they had killed him in the drama.)
Looking forward to reading more about Helian as I have a feeling he’s a lot more intelligent in the book than the drama. I also thought his death in the drama was wasteful (for lack of a better word) so I’m glad he has a more meaningful passing in the novel.
Just curious, approximately how many of these vignettes do you plan to write?
Thanks again. It is great to see Helian well, his ending was very messy on the drama, bitter and unfair…
Helian’s ending in the novel was dramatically different from the drama. While it will still be sad of course but I think you will feel like it was befitting for Helian.
Helian is such a sweetie; he deserves someone who returns his love. But alas…..
Since you said so much about Helian, I can’t wait to read about him. I hope that Ning Yi was not ultimately responsible for his death like in the drama. Although he did not kill him, he had a part in wounding him but not fatally, someone else was responsible for the final blow that kills Helian. He does sound very profound and more intelligent.
Never have I gone enthusiastic to watch TROP for a second time and rewinding segments which is of interest to understand the emotional turmoil of Ning Yi..TROP is the embodiment of all the positive and negative characters in the drama…and the ending justifies it all.
Hello. Just came across your page from another TRoP fan that Im following . Thank you, thank you for doing this!